very difficult situations all across nassau county, but especially in areas like long beach and in bayville, communities that have experiencing flooding and severe coastal attacks. and he has done really, really great work. and i applaud him for it and i applaud him for his partnership and cooperation. likewise county executive steve balone has had a very busy day already and the worst is yet to come. he's had a situation on fire island that was and is life-threatening for people. and he's hed i magnificently well. i'd also like to extend congratulations to all the first responders who have been working all through the day, but also have been preparing for days. you know, we knew this was coming. so, you have many, many people who went into today having worked 24 hours. so, they've -- and it's ugly out there, as you know. they've been doing great work. special thanks to the national guard, much more deploying as we speak. another 1,000 national guard who have been called up. they in so many ways provide the energy, the muscle, if you will, to do many of these operations. they put themselves